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Caracas: An imprisoned former Caracas police commissioner at the center of stalled political talks between Venezuela`s government and opposition went on a hunger strike on Tuesday, demanding he be released due to frail health.

CARACAS: Venezuela`s three-month protest movement has dwindled to a hard core of a few hundred violent troublemakers and the unrest should be snuffed out by July, a top security official said.
Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez, who has been the public face of the government crackdown on...

Caracas: The death toll from several weeks of protests that have paralysed Venezuela rose to 39 on Saturday after two more people died in separate incidents, Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez said on VTV public television that in San Cristobal, hotbed of the movement that...

Havana: Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez shared their amazement and joy upon the triumphal return to power of the late Venezuelan leader after a brief coup in 2002, an exchange vividly captured in a transcript released on Friday.
"You have to make a movie about it," a delight...

Caracas: Thousands of demonstrators marched in the Venezuelan capital Caracas against what they see as President Nicolas Maduro`s heavy-handed repression of dissent.
At least 31 people have been killed in more than six weeks of student-led protests against the government, representing the...

Caracas: A Venezuela National Guard captain died on Monday after being shot in the head during a demonstration, the military said, the 29th fatality in six weeks of clashes between protesters and security forces.
General Padrino Lopez, the head of the armed forces` strategic operational c...

Caracas: Several hundred supporters of the Venezuelan government staged a colorful rally in the capital Caracas on Saturday, as opponents called for more protests against President Nicolas Maduro and his leftist administration.
Venezuela has seen almost daily anti-government demonstration...

Caracas: Venezuela`s state prosecutor said on Thursday the death toll from a month of violent protests had risen to 28, after the nation`s top court ordered opposition mayors to dismantle barricades set up by street protesters.
State prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz, speaking on the sidelines...

Caracas: Followers of Venezuela`s late socialist leader Hugo Chavez flooded the streets on Wednesday for the anniversary of his death, an emotional but welcome distraction for his successor from violent protests that have been raging for a month.
A year after Chavez succumbed to cancer, h...

Caracas: Venezuela marks Wednesday one year since Hugo Chavez died, with his successor leading ceremonies for the "eternal comandante" whose socialist revolution is now facing persistent opposition protests.
After a month of sometimes deadly demonstrations, President Nicolas Maduro will ...

Vatican City: Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for reconciliation in Venezuela to end three weeks of deadly anti-government protests in the oil-rich but deeply divided country.
"I sincerely hope that violence and hostility will cease as soon as possible, and that the whole Venezuelan pe...

Caracas: Venezuela`s president on Sunday called for crisis talks in an attempt to defuse weeks of often deadly anti-government protests that have brought the biggest challenge yet to his regime.
At least 10 people have been killed and scores wounded in daily anti-government demos that b...

Caracas: The Venezuelan government ordered paratroopers to a border city where growing student protests began over two weeks ago, with President Nicolas Maduro angrily rejecting US calls for dialogue.
The nationwide demonstrations, led by students and the opposition, have left at least f...

Caracas: Venezuelan police have fired tear gas and buckshot to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters, and the death toll from two weeks of unrest rose to four.
As US President Barack Obama urged the government to release detainees, hospital officials said a 21-year-old former b...

Caracas: Venezuelan authorities freed 25 student protesters on Friday pending trial and said that 74 others arrested after this week`s deadly political turmoil would be processed within hours.
Demonstrators gathered in various cities as they have done since Wednesday. In a more affluent p...

Caracas: Students opposed to Venezuela`s government returned to the streets to protest against President Nicolas Maduro after a week of violence that saw three people killed at political rallies.
The tension yesterday that surrounds the demonstrations in Caracas was underscored by a repo...

Caracas: A Venezuelan court ordered the arrest on Thursday of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on charges including murder and terrorism linked to street protests that resulted in the deaths of three people the day before.
Using a slogan "The Exit," the US-educated Lopez has for two week...

Asuncion(Paraguay): Venezuela has reopened its embassy in the Paraguayan capital 18 months after breaking off relations to protest the removal of Paraguay`s leader.
The Venezuelan Embassy in Asuncion was closed in July 2012 after Paraguay`s congress impeached and ousted President Fernand...

Caracas (Venezuela): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is promoting several military officers who participated in a failed 1992 rebellion led by the late leader Hugo Chavez.
Among those ascending in rank is Ramon Rodriguez Chacin, a former Chavez Interior Minister whom the US has accus...